Pete Buttigieg says men need to stand up for abortion rights, too
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. ― Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, said during a campaign event Wednesday that men need to do more to defend women’s reproductive rights.
— Hayley Miller May 22, 2019 The 37-year-old presidential candidate tore into the wave of strict abortion laws sweeping the country, including a bill recently signed into law in Alabama that institutes a near-total ban on abortions at any stage of pregnancy, including in cases of rape and incest. A day earlier, Buttigieg joined demonstrators at a protest against anti-abortion laws in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The rally was attended by three other Democratic presidential contenders: Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
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